Susan Tomes Women and the piano

a history in 50 lives

"Women are an essential part of the history of the piano--but how many women pianists can you name? Throughout most of the piano's history, women pianists lacked access to formal training and were excluded from male-dominated performance spaces. Even the modern piano's keys were designed without consideration of women's typically smaller hands. Yet despite their music being largely confined to the domestic sphere, women continued to play, perform, and compose on their own terms. Celebrated pianist...

Engels | 286 pagina's | Yale University Press, New Haven | 2024

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Susan Tomes Beyond the notes

journeys with chamber music

Autobiografische schetsen van de Britse pianiste.

Non-fictie

Engels | 192 pagina's | The Boydell Press, Woodbridge | 2004

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Susan Tomes Speaking the piano

reflections on learning and teaching

Engels | 267 pagina's | The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk | 2018

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